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Afternoon Reading: The Other Garden and Collected Stories by Francis Wyndham

Afternoon Reading: The Other Garden and Collected Stories by Francis Wyndham: Episode 3: Matchlight

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The Other Garden and Collected Stories by Francis Wyndham

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Episode 3: Matchlight

Matchlight

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After a dull night at the cinema, a woman is approached by someone on the way home.

After a dull night at the cinema, a woman is approached by someone on the way home. Short stories recalling England in the '40s, read by Amanda Root.

Francis Wyndam's three stories of desire and yearning during the dark days of the second world war are matchless in tone and nuance. They centre on the young and old, on those upstairs and downstairs, on those in town and country...

3. Matchlight

After a dull night at the cinema, she is mysteriously
approached by someone on the way home...

Reader Amanda Root.
Producer Duncan Minshull.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Stories by short fiction writer Francis Wyndham, recalling England in the 1940s

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